Below-and above-ground growth of eucalyptus nitens in a young plantation II. Nitrogen and phosphorus

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 106, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 295-306

  Misra, R K ^a,b   Turnbull, C R A ^a,c   Cromer, R N ^a,c   Gibbons, A K ^a,b   Lasala, A V ^a,c   Ballard, L M ^a,b  

^a GPO Box 252 12 ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Above ground; Below ground; Eucalyptus nitens; Nitrogen; Nutrients; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

EUCALYPTUS NITENS;

EID: 0032572509     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00320-4     Document Type: Article

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